• Song:

    Prayer For A Friend

  • Artist:

    Casting Crowns

  • Album:

    The Altar and The Door

Prayer For A Friend
(This adds several tweaks to the previous version)
         D#m
( Intro: 1-2-3-4 | 1-2-3-4 | 1-2-3-4 | 1-2-3-4 )
Verse 1:
F#                                   A#m
Lord, I lift my friend to You, I've done all that I know to do
  B2                F#
I lift my friend to You
F#              F#/A#         B2            (F#/A#)
Complicated circumstances have clouded his view
G#m             C#2           F#
Lord, I lift my friend up to You

Chorus:
  B2          F#/A#           C#2          D#m    C#2
I fear that I won't have the words that he needs to hear
  B2            F#          C#2         A#          D#m     A#m
I pray for Your wisdom, oh God, and a heart that's sincere
G#m             C#2               B 
Lord, I lift my friend up to You (-2-3-4 | 1-2-3-4 )

Verse 2:
F#                                 A#m
Lord, I lift my friend to You, My best friend in the world I know
   B2                    
He means much more to You
  F#                            F#/A#             B2         (F#/A#)
I want so much to help him, but this is something he has to do
    G#m             C#2           F#
And Lord, I lift my friend up to You

Chorus 2:
                B2             F#           C#2          D#m        C#2
Cause there's a way that seems so right to him But You know where that 
Leads
B2              F#             C#2         A#             D#m     A#m
He's becoming a puppet of the world, too blind to see the strings
G#m             C#2              B2
Lord, I lift my friend up to You

(Play a Full Instrumental chorus here) ? Vocals sing: My friend up to You

Outro:
F#                                   A#m
Lord, I lift my friend to You, I've done all that I know to do
  B2   (A#m-G#m)    F#
I lift my friend to You
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